Shah rejigs BJP portfolios: Om Mathur will handle UP
Senior BJP leader Om Mathur, who was the party’s poll in- charge for the Maharashtra Assembly elections, was named the in- charge of politically crucial Uttar Pradesh. BJP president Amit Shah, who the announced party’s in- charges for various states Tuesday, was in charge of UP in the general election, where it won a stunning 72 seats in the Lok Sabha.
National general secretary J. P. Nadda was made in- charge of Maharashtra and Rajasthan, while another general secretary, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, was entrusted with the responsibility of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Mr Rudy was looking after Maharashtra till now, where the BJP is yet to form a government despite becoming the singlelargest party in the justconcluded Assembly polls.
Rajya Sabha member and general secretary Bhupender Yadav was made in- charge of Bihar,
Continued from Page 1 where the Assembly elections are due in November next year. National secretary Siddharth Nath Singh, earlier co- in- charge of West Bengal, was appointed the sole in- charge for that state, replacing Sultanpur MP Varun Gandhi. Another national secretary, Srikant Sharma, was given charge of Himachal Pradesh.
In Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand, which are going to the polls late this year or early next year, the party named Avinash Rai Khanna and Trivendra Singh Rawat as in- charge respectively. Mr Khanna, a Punjab leader, had been incharge of the state earlier too. General secretary Prabhat Jha will take care its affairs in Delhi, where Assembly polls are likely soon.
Ram Shankar Katheriya was named in- charge for Punjab and Chhattisgarh, while Lok Sabha MP Ramen Deka is the new in- charge for party affairs in Arunachal Pradesh.
BJP vice- president Purshottam Rupala is the new Goa in- charge, while another vice- president, Dinesh Sharma, was given charge of Gujarat affairs.
General secretary Murlidhar Rao, earlier incharge for Tamil Nadu, has now been entrusted with Karnataka. BJP secretary Anil Jain, who was earlier co- in- charge for Haryana, has been elevated and entrusted with the job of party affairs in the same state. Tamil Nadu leader and national secretary H. Raja was named in- charge for Kerala and Lakshwadeep. National secretary Poonam Mahajan, daughter of the late Pramod Mahajan, was entrusted with party affairs in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
Party vice- president Vinay Sahasrabuddhe was enstrusted with charge of party affairs in Madhya Pradesh, and BJP secretary Shyam Jaju was given charge of Uttarakhand.